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RARE RISING STARS 2020 the UK’S Top Ten Black Students RARE RISING STARS 2020 The UK’s Top Ten Black Students In association with: RARE RISING STARS 2020 1 About the Sponsors University of Cambridge University of Oxford Founded in 1209, the mission of the University of Cambridge The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, English-speaking world. It is also a world-leading centre learning and research at the highest international levels of of learning, teaching, research, and innovation. Spin-out excellence. To date, 90 affiliates of the University have won the companies built upon cutting-edge University research Nobel Prize. contribute significantly to the UK’s economy. The University comprises 31 autonomous Colleges, which Oxford is a collegiate university made up of 39 colleges and admit undergraduates and provide small-group tuition, and 150 six permanent private halls, giving students and academics departments, faculties and institutions. It is a global university: the benefits of belonging both to a large, internationally its 19,000 student body includes 3,700 international students renowned institution and to a small, interdisciplinary from 120 countries. Cambridge researchers collaborate with academic community. colleagues worldwide, and the University has established larger- A major priority for the University is widening access scale partnerships in Asia, Africa and America. and increasing the diversity of its student body. Each year The University sits at the heart of one of the world’s largest Oxford reaches out to and engages thousands of schools technology clusters. The ‘Cambridge Phenomenon’ has created and hundreds of communities across the country to 1,500 hi-tech companies, 14 of them valued at over US$1 encourage and support applications from students from all billion and two at over US$10 billion. Cambridge promotes backgrounds. Our programmes range from innovative digital the interface between academia and business, and has a global platforms engaging students with ‘Oxplore Big Questions’ reputation for innovation. to face to face residentials for prospective undergraduates. With the announcement of the expansion of the UNIQ programme, Opportunity Oxford and Foundation Oxford, alongside changes to our financial support packages, by 2023 the University aims for one in four students admitted to be from backgrounds currently under-represented at Oxford. The University is dedicated to ensuring that any student who has the talent and commitment to succeed as a student at Oxford has the opportunity to do just that. 2 RARE RISING STARS 2020 Contents Foreword 3 The Stars Horcelie Sinda Wa Mbongo 7 Tanatsei Gambura 8 Leanne Armitage 9 Onyinye Udokporo 10 Roy Sefa-Attakora 11 Ruth Nyakerario 12 Vanessa Madu 13 Cianne Jones 14 Dr Toluwalase Awoyemi 16 Diana Wangari 18 Catching up with Chuor de Garang Alier 23 Reflect and Renew; our highlights from the past decade 25 We stand on the shoulders of giants 27 Moving from resistance, to action 28 The Judges Kem Ihenacho 30 Sophie Chandauka 30 Tia Angela Counts 31 Tom Chigbo 32 Closing Statements Words from Sophie Chandauka 35 Words from Our Sponsors 36 About Rare Rising Stars 40 RARE RISING STARS 2020 1 2 RARE RISING STARS 2020 Foreword As I write this foreword, the half-way point of 2020 is only It is entirely apt that in this year’s edition of Rare Rising Stars, we a few days away. In the past six months, two words have are able to celebrate individuals who, in response to witnessing woven themselves into the fabric of our daily experience - the injustice suffered by people around them, and across the “unprecedented times.” Life has simultaneously been put on hold, world, stood up and took action. At a time where the problems of and thrown into tumult and uncertainty for many. We have been inequality are being brought to the fore, it is refreshing to celebrate forced to reassess our relationship with time; forced to foreground the successes of individuals motivated by the necessary task of the immediate and reach to the past whilst a mountain of levelling the playing field for future generations. uncertainty is erected ahead of us. This aligns seamlessly with the I hope through reading the stories of this year’s stars, as well as thought I would like to underlie this publication as it enters a new learning of the progress of some of our stars from the last decade, decade: reflect and renew. you are inspired with a sense of momentum, not fatigue, to push Initially, COVID-19 was alleged to be a great leveller. The virus on with the fight for justice. was portrayed as an indiscriminately disruptive force. Yet, as its This publication could not have happened without the help and effects unravel across the world, light is being shone on all too support of many individuals. I would like to thank Naomi Kellman familiar patterns of inequality in healthcare, education, and labour. for all the support she provided throughout the entire process. I Further, as the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis would also like to thank Maxine Monu, Will Smith and Saffron continues to reignite #BlackLivesMatter protests across the world, Jackson for being a reliable source of guidance at times of need. it is still more evident that the fight for racial equality has not yet Amidst all the uncertainty, our judges Kem Ihenacho, Sophie been won. Chandauka, Tia Counts and Tom Chigbo still gave their time to Despite this year’s inescapable emphasis on the unprecedented, we help select this year’s stars; for that, I am grateful. Likewise, without have not lost sight of our own ongoing mission to champion and the hard work of our designer, Sasha Djukicin, this publication fight for racial equality in elite professions and universities in the could not have come together in the way in which it has done. I UK, and across the world. This has been paramount long before would also like to thank our sponsors, the University of Cambridge, inequality yet again re-entered headlines, and will remain so as and the University of Oxford for making these awards possible. ‘normality’- whatever that is - is slowly restored. Finally, I would like to thank all NHS staff and front-line workers I am honoured to have been given the task of editing this year’s who for too long have not gotten the thanks they deserve for Rare Rising Stars publication as we enter what could be a pivotal sustaining the foundations our country relies on. decade for humanity. Over the past decade, we have been privileged enough to watch our stars become best-selling authors, CEOs, Olympic medallists, award-winning podcasters and musicians, influencers, activists and more. Through sharing their stories of resilience, perseverance, and ambition, we hope to have equipped a generation of future young leaders with the belief that their background should not, and cannot, limit their aspirations. Bez Adeosun Schools & Universities Co-Ordinator & Editor of Rare Rising Stars 2020 RARE RISING STARS 2020 3 The Stars 4 RARE RISING STARS 2020 The Stars RARE RISING STARS 2020 5 6 RARE RISING STARS 2020 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Horcelie Sinda Wa Mbongo Contemporary Art | Sotheby’s Institute of Art | Charity and Social Activism Horcelie is an activist, campaigner and artist. Horcelie moved to worked in schools with other volunteers, facilitating discussions the UK with her parents aged 9 after being raised in Kinshasa for around HIV/AIDS and sexual reproductive health. Returning, the early part of her life. The move was difficult for Horcelie as she Horcelie was inspired to carry on her community work in the UK. only spoke French and her native tongue upon arrival in the UK. A year later, her parents’ separation meant Horcelie had to move “It’s about taking courage… it’s part of to a new primary school, an experience which further affected my life and it’s time to take up the cross her ability to settle in. At the age of 11, Horcelie and her mother discovered that she was HIV positive from birth. instead of wasting time blaming.” Horcelie had developed a passion for art at a young age, and Back at university, Horcelie began volunteering with an organisation remembers being commended for her work in primary school as called Youth Stop Aids. With the organisation, she went to events in the moment which fuelled her interest in the subject. Her interest Dundee, Leeds, Sheffield and London and shared her story whilst developed further in Sixth Form when her art teacher was able to see educating people on HIV/AIDs. During that time, she also enrolled potential in her work and encouraged Horcelie to apply to Central herself in the Miss Congo UK beauty pageant, which she ended Saint Martins, a college no one in her class aspired to. With her up winning. As the winner, Horcelie was able to speak at multiple teacher’s support, she was able to put together a portfolio and was charity events and do a lot of community work representing eventually offered a one-year foundation course at the prestigious the pageant. However, Horcelie was forced to quit her role as college in Fine Art painting. Horcelie enjoyed her experience at the pageant queen a few months later as she struggled to balance the college and used it as an opportunity to develop and learn more commitments with studying for her finals and working two jobs. about her work. After completing the foundation year, she then went On completing her degree, Horcelie resumed her campaigning on to Chelsea College of Arts to study her BA in Fine Art.
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